Looks like [Donald Trump] won't do a lot of the things he promised he would do when he becomes president

He is reconsidering doing a lot of the things he promised he would do when he becomes president, which was the reason the white supremacists voted for him

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‘They have insatiable taste for women and beautiful ones at that! - Ben Bruce compares Donald Trump to Obansanjo

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce took to his Facebook page today to a lenghty piece he wrote ‘Like Trump Like Obasanjo’, where he compared US president elect Donald Trump to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Senator Bruce, Donald Trump and Obasanjo who can be brash and outspoken undeniably have an insatiable taste for women and beautiful ones at that. Read his post after the cut

[‘Like TrumpLike Obasanjo]

On the morning of Saturday the 20th of February, 2016, I was having breakfast at Eko Hotel with a friend of mine, Reno Omokri and one of the top Democratic Party strategists in the US and an argument ensued. Omokri said Trump would go all the way while the American said he was not going anywhere. I joined the conversation by saying that Trump is a phenomenon and no one knows how far he will go.

Today, I sit here writing this piece pleasantly stunned that what the mainstream media, what the establishment and what the powers that be said could never happen has happened due to this phenomenal man's belief in himself when others did not believe in hm.

I have met Donald Trump one on one before and what I clearly remember about him is that he is a White and younger version of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The two of them can be brash and outspoken but they always seem to come out on top by some sort of divine arrangement that makes whatever they do turn out for the best even if it began with controversy.

More similarities between the duo is that they both undeniably have an insatiable taste for women and beautiful ones at that!

Then again, they are both men who have succeeded in business and, even though they were political outsiders, they extended their business success to politics.

And even though there is a lot of anxiety in the Black world and especially Nigeria, I believe that a Trump Presidency would be better for Africa and Nigeria than a Hillary administration.

For one, Boko Haram are now afraid. Very afraid! This is a man that is not afraid to use the word radical Islamic terror and to declare to all who care to listen that he will be their nemesis.

Nigeria needs such a partner!

We are spending way too much of our resources on fighting terrorists. We need a big strong hand to help us fight them. A hand that will not be afraid to sell us weapons and will not make us grovel before it is willing to help us destroy our enemies who want to destroy us.

But secondly and very importantly, Nigeria is an oil producing nation and though I believe that it is what is between the ears of our people that will make this nation great, we still need foreign exchange and Hillary's plans for alternative energy was not going to see the price of oil go up anytime soon.

But Trump won in Texas because the oil industry knows that they have a friend in him, and any friend of Texas big oil is a friend of Nigeria.

And forget about all that talk about immigration reform. Trump will not stop Nigerians from entering the US.The US needs Nigerians more than Nigerians need the US.

Without Nigerian healthcare professionals, the US health industry would collapse overnight. Neither Trump or Hillary wanted that.

Trump's rhetoric was directed more at Mexican immigrants because of the immediate threat posed to the US by illegal immigration from Mexico.

Having said that, let me add that the last similarity between Trump and former President Obasanjo is that they both look not very intelligent, but their looks betray their vast knowledge and deep wisdom. You meet them and size them up by their looks and end up underestimating them.

But when they reach into their reptilian brain and come out with strategies it becomes too late to do what you should have done.

I am glad that Trump won and I cannot wait to see how he will change the world positively.

But one thing is clear, any politician who underestimates the role of social media in the battle to win the hearts and minds of the people is a politician that is going the way of the dinosaurs.

Social media and particularly Twitter was the weapon Trump used to fight the mainstream media. Social media is the ultimate form of democracy in that it gives the underdog a vehicle to amplify his or her voice against a biased media that wants to suppress it.

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce is the founder of the Silverbird Entertainment Group and the Senator Representing Bayelsa East

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"I am sorry but if you are a white man you don't get to define what racism is" : [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]

 The accomplished author said this during a discussion with Emmett Tyrrell on whether Donald Trump is racist or not on BBC Newsnight. Watch after the cut...

"I am sorry but if you are a white man you don't get to define what racism is" : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #newsnight pic.twitter.com/J3qjk62aYr

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) November 11, 2016

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Voting Starts In US To Elect A New President - US Election

 

Voting has started in the United States of America to elect a new president who will lead the country for the next four years.

It is an election that is expected to either elect the first female president for the country or it will be the first time an outsider – a businessman – would become the leader of the world’s most powerful country.
Early voting closed on Friday and resumed again on Tuesday morning. Voting will end by 8PM.

Mrs Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party is running against Mr Donald Trump who is the Republican presidential candidate.

In a tweet on her Twitter page, she urged voters to “go make some history today”.
She had cast her vote at a polling boot in New York alongside her husband.

“I know how much responsibility goes with this and so many people are counting on the outcome of this election, what it means for our country and I will do the very best I can if I am fortunate enough to win today,” she told reporters after she voted.

The atmosphere has been charged. From state to state, with voters showing their  eagerness to elect a new president on this final day of voting in an election said to be different from any other in U.S. history.
Majorly, all eyes have been on the battleground states but the issues that have shaped this election are numerous.

Channels TV correspondents in Wisconsin, Seun Okinbaloye has been bringing us updates in the run up to the election.

He explains the uniqueness of the United States election and what the candidates will need to emerge victorious in the race.

“There are a lot of technicalities involved,” he said, particularly the role of the Electoral College in determining who the next US President is.
Over in Washington DC, our correspondent, Ayotunde Balogun has also been monitoring the situation.

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